intervention

intervention is on the Academic Word List.

Word parts

intervene + -tion

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /ɪntɚˈvɛnʃən/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ɪntəˈvɛnʃən/

• Audio (UK)

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• Hyphenation: in‧ter‧ven‧tion

Noun

Singular intervention

Plural interventions

Intervention is on the Academic Vocabulary List.

1. (countable & uncountable) An intervention is an activity designed to change or stop a situation.

   To prevent government intervention, the companies agreed to stop advertising cigarettes.

   The teachers planned a reading intervention for the students who were having trouble.

Related words

• intervene